"Our team played much better after being tense and struggling in the Mason-Dixon Tournament. I told the team before the game just to play relaxed and have fun," coach Mike Yance said. "So they just had fun and were back to their old selves tonight."
KSD led 30-9 after the first quarter and 40-20 at the half.
Girls Games
Burgin 55, Berea 45 - At Berea, Bev Harris scored 13 of her 30 points in the fourth quarter as Burgin downed Berea in the Bluegrass Conference Tournament semifinals.
Alyson Burke hit four 3-pointers and scored 19 points for the Bulldogs (9-6), who will host the winner of Sayre and Nicholas County in the final at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Berea led 40-36 to start the fourth quarter before Harris, who also had 11 rebounds, led the comeback. She made 11 of 16 free throws on the night.
KSD 54, St. Rita 20 - At Danville, Victoria Thompson had 26 points and 14 rebounds and Amanda Wyatt scored a season-high 20 points to lead the Colonels (5-15) over Cincinnati St. Rita School for the Deaf.
"We used a strong zone, and we were pretty aggressive on defense and that seemed to help get us some fastbreak points off of turnovers," KSD coach Scott Johnson, who was pleased with his team's 15 steals and just 13 turnovers. "We reduced that bugaboo, too.
"We have five wins, which was our goal. Now we have a new goal of 10, so we hope we can get five more before the season ends."
KSD trailed 8-6 after the first quarter, but 26-14 at the half and 35-16 after three quarters.
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Tuesday's Area High School Linescores
BOYS
Lincoln County . . . . . . . . . 12 - 26 - 41 - 68
at McCreary Central . . . . . 16 - 31 - 47 - 77
LINCOLN (14-4) - Trevor Edgington 6, Noah Keeton 8, Ryan Young 26, Daniel Ralston 5, Ethan Spurlin 17, Skyler Gilbert 2, Trey Owsley 4.
MCCREARY CENTRAL (19-2) - Watts 34, Swinger 9, Phillips 15, Musgrove 2, Roark 14, Lay 3.
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St. Rita . . . . . . 9 - 20 - 27 - 31
at KSD . . . . . . 30 - 40 - 63 - 81
ST. RITA (1-8) - Kelvin Luna 8, Dustin Ashley 8, Joseph Stanford 7, Brandon Washburn 5, Trevon Williams 1, Louis Serrano 2.
KSD (11-6) - Aaron Smith 17, Travis Zornoza 12, Dustin Tipton 14, Jordan Ramser 16, Chris Helton 4, Douglas Brock 6, Jonathan Ramser 2, Dallas Brock 2, Bradley Chappell 4, Andrew Floyd 4.
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Bluegrass Conference Tournament Semifinals
GIRLS
Burgin . . . . . . . . 11 - 20 - 36 - 55
at Berea . . . . . . . 12 - 20 - 40 - 45
BURGIN (9-6) - Bev Harris 30, Alyson Burke 19, Paisley Carey 2, Hannah Harley 4.
BEREA (7-13) - Atwater 13, Shearer 5, Harris 10, Wilder 3, Webb 8, Short 4, Hazelwood 2.
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S. Rita . . . . . . . 8 - 14 - 16 - 20
at KSD . . . . . . 6 - 26 - 35 - 54
ST. RITA - Flagg 10, Shelton 10
KSD - Victoria Thompson 26, Amanda Wyatt 20, Charlotte Judge 6, Shanice White 2.
